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YouTube - Rise of the Rest - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08
     
    Very compelling. If you have young children, or teach them, this is something you must see.
  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08
     
    Shift happens, but in economics.
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The Night I Wept for Humanity | Metanoia - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08
     
    Ryan's plea for action on the homeless front.
  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Oct 08
     
    Especially for sixth grade.
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GOOD Sheet - It's the Economy, Stupid! - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    An interesting graphic to aid in providing some historical perspective to the current economic crisis.
  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    Great for definitions of financial crisis
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Laptops vs. Learning - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    William Cole's rationale on why laptops are not allowed in his law classes.
  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    This one might make for a good discussion.
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Caveat Viewer: A Consumer's Guide to Drug Ads | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    Can you use drug ads to enhance critical reading analysis.
  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08
     
    Drug ads and language. Deconstruct with your student.
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Indexed - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 08 Dec 08
     
    Although probably not fully appropriate for the students, check out what this writer does with index cards. I love how she uses simple graphs and charts combined with common language and non-math situations.
  • Patrick Higgins on 08 Dec 08
     
    This blog just cracks me up.
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theitclassroom: Magical Moments - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 26 Oct 08
     
    Look what Erica is up to; better yet, what her students have found in their collaborative work.
  • Patrick Higgins on 26 Oct 08
     
    Please read this. I love this stuff.
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Blogging Rubric - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 28 Oct 08
     
    If any of you are blogging with your students, does this rubric help you?
  • Patrick Higgins on 28 Oct 08
     
    Ryan's rubric for blog assessment.
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Watch Out! - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 24 Nov 08
     
    Comment on these student films; show them to your students; How can we do this?
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k12online2008schedule - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 04 Oct 08
     
    Great, free professional development available online.
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    K12onlineconference schedule
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Group 1: Anders and John - APWH Wiki - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 17 Jun 08
     
    Choose your own adventure!!
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PBS Teachers | learning.now . Getting to Know Wikipedia | PBS - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 16 Jul 08
     
    how wikipedia works.
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Newtools - Powered by AardvarkWisdom - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 17 Jul 08
     
    check out the event generator at the bottom and click "roll"
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YouTube - Nokia: Go Play - 4th Screen - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 21 Jul 08
     
    Video used in Darren and Clarence's preso. Game-changing.
  • Patrick Higgins on 21 Jul 08
     
    For your own practice. What can the phone become?
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Gapminder World - 0 views

graphs.gapminder.org/world data gapminder visualization
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  • Patrick Higgins on 01 Oct 08
     
    Play with numbers here and ask your students to find trends.
  • Patrick Higgins on 01 Oct 08
     
    Can't get enough of GapMinder.
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SMS Text News » Archives » Mobile web users to reach 1.7 billion - 0 views

www.smstextnews.com/...users_to_reach_17_billion.html cellphones moblie sms statistics text
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  • Patrick Higgins on 22 Jul 08
     
    Thanks to Ewan McIntosh for this link. Great stats available for phone penetration worldwide.
  • Patrick Higgins on 22 Jul 08
     
    mobile phones again. What does this data mean?
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Big Ideas - Exploring the Essential Questions of Education - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Jul 08
     
    Lesson idea.
  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Jul 08
     
    Lesson idea for deeper reading.
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New Best Practices in Teaching the Research Paper Process in Grades 5-12 - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 22 Jul 08
     
    Erica's search engine
  • Patrick Higgins on 22 Jul 08
     
    Erica created this search engine and invited me to contribute. Try it out--it only searches the sites we want it to.
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Knol: a unit of knowledge - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 25 Nov 08
     
    Google's version of wikipedia. All peer reviewed.
  • Patrick Higgins on 25 Nov 08
     
    Let's give this a try.
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From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: 6 Degrees of Flickr Mobile - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Jul 08
     
    This is a great post, and great blog about using cell phones as learning tools. Contains a list of sites that couple with flickr mobile.
  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Jul 08
     
    Here is a list of sites that couple with flickr mobile
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